Stanley Beckford · Spotify · Courtesy of Spotify
Stanley Beckford
Sign in to saveJamaican musician (1942–2007)
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Origin
- Jamaica
- Active from
- 1942-02-17
- Active to
- 2007-03-30
Discography
- Gipsy Woman1981
- Soldering1993
- Plays Mento2002
- Plays Mento, additional tracks2002
- Reggaemento2004
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 7,465
- Total plays
- 50,234
Tags
mentoreggaejamaicacalypsorocksteady
Stanley was born February 17, 1942 in the parish of Portland. He was orphaned as a child and wound up living in Kingston. Taking a path that other Jamaican recording artists followed, he began singing in church, and then gained prominence by winning on the Vere Johns radio talent competition. Stanley recorded reggae as Stanley & The Turbines and in The Starlites. Although clearly reggae, his music had a tinge of mento, displaying a country sound, especially due to Stanley's mento style vocals. <
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Stanley
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Jamaica
- Place of birth
- Portland Parish
- Place of death
- Saint Catherine Parish
- Occupation
- musician
- Genre
- mento
- Instrument
- voice
- Image
- Stanley Beckford.jpg
Show 3 more facts
- date of death
- 2007-03-30
- date of birth
- 1942-02-17
- Commons category
- Stanley Beckford
Sources (1)
via Wikidata · CC0
Available in 7 languages
via Wikidata sitelinks · CC0